Residents along Banklick Creek get help

12:50 AM,
Nov. 17, 2013

KY FLOOD BUYOUT KY NOVEMBER 14, 2013 Dorothy Crail, who has muscular dystrophy, outside her Kenton County home on a bridge over a creek in the Banklick Creek floodplain that runs behind her house and has flooded many times. She and her husband, Robert, have signed a letter of intent to sell the house to the county as part of a floodplain buyout; most of the money for the program comes from FEMA. In all, 32 property owners in the area will have the opportunity to sell their homes under the plan. Crail has worried for years that she wouldn't be able to escape the house in a flood. The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy

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After years of living in terror when it rains, Dorothy Crail will soon be able to relax.

Crail, who suffers from muscular dystrophy and relies on a scooter to get around, has endured "too many floods to count" during 25 years of living in the shadow of Kenton County's flood-prone Banklick Creek.

As someone who's often home alone, Crail watches in fear every time heavy rains transform the little creek bordering her Warren Drive home into a muddy torrent. ...